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American Football has taken this country by storm since Channel 4 began screening those bone-crunching confrontations the Americans call sport on Sunday evenings.

Now Dragon owners can try their skill at this game for tough guys, thanks to Cable Software.

Superbowl is their version of the grid iron game. It's certainly an original idea and the animation of the players is pretty good, considering the limitations of the Dragon.

You play the part of Floyd, ace wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys. Your team is playing arch-rivals, Washington Redskins, in a crucial NFL match. Floyd's job is to score a winning touchdown — but the Redskins are out to stop him.

The game starts after kick off. Floyd has to leap up and catch the ball and then begin his long run up the field to the end-zone. The Redskin defence team come thundering down the field at the lone Dallas player — attempting to squash him into the astroturf!

The game is similar to many driving games in that you simply have to avoid onrushing objects before you reach your goal — but Superbowl does have a novel theme and is very playable if you are a US football fan.

All in all it's a nice game — but I'm not sure whether its basic simplicity will make its original appeal last with the Dragon gamester.